Robert Man

Robert Man
Died 1783
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS Launceston
HMS Lynn
HMS Anson
HMS Porcupine
HMS Prince Frederick
HMS Lancaster
HMS Cornwall
Leeward Islands Station
Mediterranean Fleet

Admiral Robert Man (died 1783) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station.

Naval career

Man joined the Royal Navy on 17 September 1740.[1] Promoted to captain in June 1745, he took command of the fifth-rate HMS Launceston in 1745, the fifth-rate HMS Lynn in 1746 and the fourth-rate HMS Anson in 1755.[1] He went on to command the sloop HMS Porcupine in 1757, the third-rate HMS Prince Frederick in 1758 and the third-rate HMS Lancaster later that year before commanding the third-rate HMS Cornwall in 1760.[1]

He became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station in 1769[2] and established a naval hospital at Antigua.[3] He went on to be commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1774[4] and a Lord of the Admiralty in April 1779.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Robert Man". Three Decks. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Haydn, Joseph (13 Jun 2008). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns and Rulers of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain Original 1851 Digitized by the University of Michigan. Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 279.
  3. ↑ "The Health of British Seamen in the West Indies, 1770 - 1806" (PDF). Exeter University. p. 178. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mediterranean Fleet". More than Nelson. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "George Darby". More than Nelson. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Thomas Pye		 Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station
1769–1772 		Succeeded by
William Parry
Preceded by
Lord Howe		 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
1774–1778 		Succeeded by
Robert Duff
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